Good Nuggets
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Good Nuggets
The Power of Showing Up with Dalton Elliott
Sometimes the biggest changes come from simply showing up. Fred Rea sits down with Dalton Elliott—architect of Rain City’s broker program—to talk about how presence, discipline, and trust reshaped his life and work. From a Muay Thai fight camp in Thailand to rebuilding culture and relationships back home, Dalton shares what happens when you stop chasing success and start showing up for it.
Dalton gets into the details on:
- Walking away from a “successful” career and rebuilding from scratch
- How a Muay Thai fight camp in Thailand changed the way he thinks about work and discipline
- The two principles that guide everything he does: be present and control what you can control
- Why trust—not deals—is the real currency in lending
- How to build a culture people actually choose to show up for
Guest: Dalton Elliott - Broker program boss. Discipline junkie. Knows the value of showing up (and getting punched in the face).
Host: Fred Rea - Founder of Rain City Capital and host of Good Nuggets. Fred brings unfiltered conversations to the mic, pulling lessons from the trenches of entrepreneurship, lending, and leadership.
Mentioned in this episode:
- At 05:49, the hoodies Fred mentions are Rain City’s annual employee gift. You can see this years' design on Instagram.
- At 36:27, Fred notes that the DSCR loan market has “doubled every year for the past three years.” Industry data shows strong growth, though not quite at that rate—most sources report 50–100% year-over-year increases depending on the segment and timeframe.
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